Data
from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico will be available
on the web by the end of 2004.

The School Information Partnership is a public-private collaboration
designed to empower parents, educators and policymakers to use the No
Child Left Behind (NCLB) data to make informed decisions and improve
school results.

This
Project will improve public access to information about the academic
acheivement of schools, school districts, and states and will:

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Give parents information about the performance and demographic makeup
of their childrens schools, and other schools and districts across
their state;

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Provide educators with tools to diagnose areas that need improvement
and identify schools that use effective practices;

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Empower state and local policymakers by providing tools and benchmarks
so they can monitor the progress of schools and school districts and
make better policy decisions; and

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Report student achievement data to the media who will inform readers
about local schools and their progress under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Dan
Katzir, Managing Director of The Broad Foundation, says, Parents
have a right to know how their students are performing in school, and
whether they are learning in a particular school. The School Information
Partnership provides a powerful tool for parents so that they can acquire
the information they need to make informed decisions about their childrens
futures."

"The
School Information Partnership will allow parents, teachers, and administrators
to see what is working well in our education system and where we need
to devote more attention," said Governor of Georgia Sonny Perdue.